ALBEE TOWNSHIP, MI — As police continue to investigate the homicide of Scott A. Humphrey, found dead April 30 in his rural Saginaw County home, a woman who knew Humphrey wants justice for her late friend.

"I just want to find out who did this. If you know something about this, call the cops," Nicole Bowman said.

Bowman, 34, of Brant Township, said she met Humphrey about 8 years ago through a mutual friend in Shields. She soon started helping him with tax preparation and with computer issues.

Bowman said Humphreys had a lot of energy and was motivated and focused on running his
business, S & H Carpet Cleaning.

She texted him on April
23, and her message went unanswered. She said that was not like him.
She later called his phone, and the message said his voicemail was full.

"I thought that was fishy," she said. "When somebody calls, he would answer it."

Bowman
said she told her husband that Humphrey was not answering the phone, so
her husband went to the home on April 30 and told her to call
police. Instead, Bowman and another friend went there to check on
Humphrey.

She did not see him but noticed the television and lights were left on.
The front door was left open, surprising because Humphrey and his
friends always used the back door, Bowman said. She then took her husband's advice.

Police who came to Humphrey's home at 1491 West Fry and found him dead inside. Investigators subsequently ruled his death a homicide but have not said how he died.

Bowman said Humphrey had moved to the Albee Township home about three years ago. Today, she's attempting to reach Humphrey's "adopted mother" to speak to her following the death. She believes the woman is in her 80s and she does not know of any other family he has in the area. Describing Humphrey, Bowman said, he was respectful and a "great guy." He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, restoring and showing classic cars and fishing, she said. His Facebook page states he attended Delta College and was a member of the 1980 class of Swan Valley High School.

Before police announced Humphrey was killed, Bowman said she already had a "gut feeling" it was a homicide. However, the news still came as a shock.

She said she didn't have anything to tell investigators but now is seeking answers in hopes his killer or killers will be caught.

She regrets not going to check on Humphrey earlier, but said it was the end of tax season, which had her occupied with her job as a tax preparer. She had been calling and texting Humphrey because of tax questions he had, she said.

Bowman is left with questions about his death.

"I just don't know," she said when asked who might want Humphrey dead. "I can't put my finger on it. I wish I did."

Saginaw Sheriff William Federspiel said during a news conference May 2 about the homicide that he could not remember another killing in Albee Township.

Detectives believe Humphrey was killed inside the home and believe he lived there alone, Federspiel said.

Bowman does not believe it was random because it did not appear that anything had been stolen, she said, which the sheriff's office later confirmed.